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  1. Comment on China calls for ‘concerted’ efforts to tackle excess solar production in ~enviro

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    I love the library consortium idea, and in more fronts than just an AWS clone. I want library powered social media!

    I love the library consortium idea, and in more fronts than just an AWS clone. I want library powered social media!

    5 votes
  2. Comment on Adults are earning college degrees online in weeks, alarming US educators in ~society

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    You're not wrong, and especially in the US. We're seeing it in Canada and (from what I've heard) in Europe, too, but to a lesser degree. r/professors feels like a far more hard-up community these...

    You're not wrong, and especially in the US. We're seeing it in Canada and (from what I've heard) in Europe, too, but to a lesser degree.

    r/professors feels like a far more hard-up community these days. It's rough to see educators (especially in the US) having to leave the profession because the screws are being tightened too much.

    That all said, education is a means for proving effort and expertise and will never completely go out of fashion. For now, it's just sleeping unfortunately.

    4 votes
  3. Comment on Adults are earning college degrees online in weeks, alarming US educators in ~society

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    I'd hope that recruiters have a sense for which schools are good and reputable, which are average and which are diploma mills. Like you, my education(s) were very breadth-y and contributed far...

    I'd hope that recruiters have a sense for which schools are good and reputable, which are average and which are diploma mills.

    Like you, my education(s) were very breadth-y and contributed far more to my sense of the world and my profession than the topic area spelled out on my parchment.

    6 votes
  4. Comment on At long last, InfoWars is ours - The Onion in ~news

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    Is it just me or has the moment of relevance passed here? The last six months makes Alex Jones troubles feel like a lifetime ago.

    Is it just me or has the moment of relevance passed here? The last six months makes Alex Jones troubles feel like a lifetime ago.

    15 votes
  5. Comment on X Japan - Art Of Life (1993) in ~music

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    Is X the band where the characters are cartoon crows or something? My friend's Japanese obsessed sister listened to them back in the day. Looking forward to listening later.

    Is X the band where the characters are cartoon crows or something? My friend's Japanese obsessed sister listened to them back in the day. Looking forward to listening later.

    1 vote
  6. Comment on Things that don't suck in ~talk

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    I appreciate the philosophy -- it's something important for a society to properly function. In Canada, we have a public broadcaster that fulfills that mandate: access across the country with...

    I appreciate the philosophy -- it's something important for a society to properly function. In Canada, we have a public broadcaster that fulfills that mandate: access across the country with strong public funding for quality journalism (the stuff that requires lots of money to do).

    There are private outfits here that aren't constrained by that mandate and can do the sort of niche work that a public broadcaster cannot. For those, money and a strong, reliable funding mechanism is required. Oftentimes, these outlets take the risks that the public broadcaster cannot.

    My view is that we need both for a functioning system, and because of that, paywalls are required to make the whole thing work.

  7. Comment on Steam compatible with ROCKNIX firmware in ~games

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    This is exciting! So, as I understand it my Retroid pocket 5 can maybe run low resource steam games?

    This is exciting! So, as I understand it my Retroid pocket 5 can maybe run low resource steam games?

  8. Comment on Street Fighter | Official trailer in ~movies

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    I'm here for both this and Mortal Kombat 2. Give me the low-key Marvel goonery, give me the too serious attachment to lore nobody cares about but me, and god dammit, give me big set pieces and one...

    I'm here for both this and Mortal Kombat 2. Give me the low-key Marvel goonery, give me the too serious attachment to lore nobody cares about but me, and god dammit, give me big set pieces and one liners.

    1 vote
  9. Comment on Any male victims from female abuse? in ~life.men

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    Sorry you had to go through that. All men/male presenting people are tied to the patriarchal monolith somehow, but when others believe in unidirectional bad guys and pin it all on that tie, what's...

    Sorry you had to go through that. All men/male presenting people are tied to the patriarchal monolith somehow, but when others believe in unidirectional bad guys and pin it all on that tie, what's left to do? There's no goodwill left.

    I hope things are better for you now.

    7 votes
  10. Comment on Esoteric Ebb | Fully Ramblomatic in ~games

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    Yeah, and the musings of a bitter man about all of the super in-depth reasons to dislike everybody he worked with. For such an insightful guy, it was so incredibly small of him.

    Yeah, and the musings of a bitter man about all of the super in-depth reasons to dislike everybody he worked with.

    For such an insightful guy, it was so incredibly small of him.

    1 vote
  11. Comment on Esoteric Ebb | Fully Ramblomatic in ~games

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    Well put. Did you see Frost's initial hit piece video where he drags out all members of Second Wind for a lashing? It was in such poor taste, but like a car accident in progress, I couldn't turn away.

    Well put. Did you see Frost's initial hit piece video where he drags out all members of Second Wind for a lashing? It was in such poor taste, but like a car accident in progress, I couldn't turn away.

    2 votes
  12. Comment on Esoteric Ebb | Fully Ramblomatic in ~games

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    Wow - I wonder how many have been at it for as long and as consistently as he has.

    Wow - I wonder how many have been at it for as long and as consistently as he has.

    2 votes
  13. Comment on Esoteric Ebb | Fully Ramblomatic in ~games

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    Bay area on a content creator salary. I wonder how that's going.

    Bay area on a content creator salary. I wonder how that's going.

    2 votes
  14. Comment on Esoteric Ebb | Fully Ramblomatic in ~games

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    Well, it's been more than a decade of weekly videos, so nobody can blame ya.

    Well, it's been more than a decade of weekly videos, so nobody can blame ya.

    1 vote
  15. Comment on Esoteric Ebb | Fully Ramblomatic in ~games

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    Maybe you're right! I don't remember.

    Maybe you're right! I don't remember.

    1 vote
  16. Comment on Esoteric Ebb | Fully Ramblomatic in ~games

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    He's been at it for more than a decade now, so you'd better believe he's good at it. That said, he's a British expat in Aussie.

    He's been at it for more than a decade now, so you'd better believe he's good at it. That said, he's a British expat in Aussie.

    2 votes
  17. Comment on Esoteric Ebb | Fully Ramblomatic in ~games

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    Definitely check out The Other Frost.

    Definitely check out The Other Frost.

    1 vote
  18. Comment on Esoteric Ebb | Fully Ramblomatic in ~games

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    Oh yeah, that was the shittiest outro ever. He published an absolute hit piece on his new channel that had my wife and I saying: "entertaining guy, but I'd hate to work with him". That said, his...

    Oh yeah, that was the shittiest outro ever. He published an absolute hit piece on his new channel that had my wife and I saying: "entertaining guy, but I'd hate to work with him".

    That said, his The Other Frost channel is awesome and I'd absolutely recommend it.

    1 vote
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  20. Comment on Things that don't suck in ~talk

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    Gotta pay for news for news people to make news, I say.

    Gotta pay for news for news people to make news, I say.

    3 votes